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l To all whoml it 'may concern @sind dlijiire.

THOMAS TArLoW, Jn., or NEWARK, MISSOURI, j

"Letters Patent No. 97,725, datedv Decemberi', 1869.`

V IMPROVEMENT IN WASHING-MACHINES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

Be it known that I, THOMAS AH. TATLOW, J r., of Newark, in the county ofKnox, and State of Missouri, have invented a new and Improved Washing-Machiue; and Ido hereby declare that the following` is `afnll, clear,and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in theart. tomakeand use the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure lrepresents a side elevation, partly in secy tion, of my improvedwashing-machine.

Figure l is a plan or top View, partly in section of the same. l Similarparts. y, i; 4'lhis invention letters of reference indicatecorresponding relates to a new washing-machine,

in which the rubber is attached to a lever that can be oscllated bothina vertical and horizontal direction, to obtain the requisite action`on the articles t0 be cleaned.

The invention consists chiefly in a novel manner of moving the rubber,and .in a new arrangement of vleverage; `also in a slotted step foradjusting the `height 'ot' the rubber; further, in the application of ahinged fenderto the rubber, and, finally, in the use i lof a pivoted andremovable guard in the tub, all as hereinafter more fully described. jA, inlthe drawing, represents the tub or snds-box,

j of suitable form, size, and material, clamped or otherwise fastenedupon'a bench, B, or other suitable support. l l f O is an upright post,which carries, at its upper end,

ahorizontal bar, D.

The post C is pivoted to the outer side of the sudsbox.

Forthis pnrpose`,. a slotted plate, a, carrying a downward-projectngpiu, b, is attached, by means of a screw, c, to its lower cnd,.so thatthe pin b may be fitted into an eye or perforated plate, d, arranged onthe outside of the` tubA, l 4

On the upper` part of `the tub is provided an npward-projecting pin, e,which fits into a socket in a shoulder, f, of the post, as in fig. 1'.

The post is, therefore, by the 'pins l) and e, pivoted to the tub, sothat it canbe swung horizontally on the j same. l Y

llrom'the outer end of the bar 1) projectsan -up ward ear, y, to which alever, E, is pivoted.

To the middle portion of the lever 1E is pivoted, by a pin, h., acurvedylever, F, which fits through a slot of the bar D, into the tub,and which carries the r'ub ber G at its lower end. l

`The middle-part of the lever 1l" is,by a rod, i, connected with thefront end of the bar D.

An oblique brace, H, attached to the post and rear part of'D, may beused to lit with its lower end into a slot of F, to steady the rubber.

The face of the rubber is corrugated in suitable manner.

A pin, j, fitted through the upper part of F, sup-` ports it on D, .inthe lowest position. p Opposite to the face of the rubber issecured, inthe tub, a curved, corrugated, or other Wash-board, I.

` The articles to be washed are placed against 'the' wash-board whenthe. rubber is drawn in, by elevating the lever E, as by red lines iniig. 1. f

'.lhe rubber is then, by lowering E, moved toward the wash`board topress the clothes against the same, and is then moved back and forthalong the fac-e of the wash-board, by swinging the lever jE horizontally,on the pivots b e of the post. f

The rubber can thus be move/'dl backward and for! ward by raising orlowering the llever E, or sideways l by oscillatimr the post. I l

The morebthe pin b, by adjusting the slotted plate,

a, is moved toward the tub, the more will the post stand inclined, andthe lower will the' rubber be held.

of the tub, 'and acts also as a guard for larger articles,

to prevent them from becoming entangled.

The plate K can .be removed, and is not necesv sarily used when theguard J y is employed, and cica rversa. v

The tub is p/laced so as to he somewhat lower where `the wash-board isarranged, as shown, to keep the same always immersed in suds.

Havingthus described my invention,

\V hat 'I'claim as new, and desire to'secureby Letters latent, isj 1.The latwally-oscillating, backward and forward as well as np `and downadjustable rubber, G, of a washing'inaehine, when arranged to operateagainst a curved wash-board, substantially as herein shown anddescribed. f

2. l The combination of the rocking-post C and bar D; with the levers Ell, rubber G, hinged guard J,

and rod '5, all arranged and operating substantially as.

herein shown and described. v

3.- lhe above, in combination with slotted plate a, carrying the pin b,when adjustable ou the pivoied end 'of the post C, for regulating theheight of the rubber, substantially as herein shown and described. 4.The removable pivoted guard and partit-ion K,

vwhen arranged and combined with the other parts ot' Witnesses:

FRANK BLOCKLEY, C. L. "L OPLIFR`

